Transportation Technology

Initiatives

The following is a listing of the latest FDOT
transportation-related technology initiatives:

Driver Assisted Truck Platooning
Pilot
Florida DOT is currently in the process
of developing a pilot project to
demonstrate Driver Assistive Truck
Platooning technologies and
operations to State of Florida
transportation stakeholders. The pilot project will
highlight performance and safety
considerations through a set of
operational scenarios

The Florida Automated Vehicles program, led by the
Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT), is helping
to educate the public by engaging stakeholders,
developing research and pilot projects, and creating
awareness of the technologies and how they support
FDOT’s vision statement. These revolutionary
technologies will further FDOT’s vision statement;
“serving the people of Florida by delivering a
transportation system that is fatality and congestion
free.”

Florida's Connected
Vehicle Initiative includes
vehicle-to-infrastructure, and
infrastructure-to-vehicle communication
to exchange information between
vehicles, drivers, the roadside,
bicyclists and pedestrians. ​ As
technology continues to rapidly evolve,
travelers have grown accustomed to and
now expect real-time information that
will allow them to make informed
decisions.

I-Street @ UF
The University of Florida (UF) and its
Transportation Institute, the
Florida Department of Transportation, and the City of Gainesville
have partnered to create a “smart testbed” on the UF campus and
surrounding highway network. The testbed
will deploy and evaluate numerous
advanced technologies including
connected and autonomous vehicles, smart
devices, and sensors.

The Florida Department of
Transportation has deployed Intelligent
Transportation Systems field devices,
traffic signal equipment, and
telecommunications systems throughout
the state. The ITS Facility Management
System (ITSFM), a tool developed by
FDOT, manages a statewide communication
network comprised of a wide range of
transportation management equipment
assets.

Located off I-4 between Orlando and
Tampa, SunTrax is a large-scale,
cutting-edge facility dedicated to the
research, development and testing of
emerging transportation technologies in
safe and controlled environments.

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